Michael Nesmith - Bonaparte’s Retreat

Bonaparte’s Retreat Lyrics

I met the girl I love
In a town way down in Dixie
'Neath the stars above
She was the sweetest girl I ever did see

Then I held her in my arms
And told her of her many charms
And I kissed her while the fiddles played "Bonaparte's Retreat"

It was on that night
That I held her oh so tight
And I heard her say
"Please don't ever go away"

So, I held her in my arms
And told her of her many charms
And I kissed her while the fiddles played "Bonaparte's Retreat"

So, I held her in my arms
And told her of her many charms
And I kissed her while the fiddles played "Bonaparte's Retreat"

Ryan Adams - Wild And Hopeless

Lyric of note:

I can't say your name

. . .

I keep wondering exactly how and when the memo went out for me to be publicly ignored. Was it done in 2014? Was it way earlier or later than that? Who gets to choose who gets pumped up and who gets stomps out? Is it all really just to foment wars and to fleece the public? Or is it about sadism and destruction for its own sake? I guess we’re all kept apart like this so we can’t compare notes (triangulation).

Hopefully we’ll get around these games.

Wild and Hopeless lyrics

Ryan Adams

We cannot understand
Laughter and tears anymore
I leave the house, I go get stoned
Maybe, maybe, I'll take a walk down

To the candy aisle
And it goes for miles
These colors drive me fucking wild

Wild and hopeless
Wild and hopeless

Some stranger called these hollow rooms
My mouth, it moves but it does not gnaw
These names are multiplied, it's so insane
I count them by the hours
I can't say your name

I'm in the candy aisle
And it goes for miles
I'm in the candy aisle
These colors drive me fucking wild

Wild and hopeless
Wild and hopeless
Wild and hopeless
Wild and hopeless

Wild and hopeless
Wild and hopeless

Ryan Adams - I Want You

Ryan Adam’s new album, FM, is really remarkable and it can be accessed here.

I Want You Lyrics

[Verse 1]
All my life I've waited for someone
Somebody just like you
Baby, I want you
Deep inside my heart where nothing grew
You planted all your seeds
And then your flowers grew
When the night was so lonesome and long
When I hold your hand I feel so strong
Like I wanted to
Baby, I want you

[Verse 2]
Once upon a time so wild and young
I saw you staring at me
When I was staring at you
Flowers falling on the avenue
Passing by on the street
Your eyes so savage and blue as the night is lonesome and long
You and I should be where we belong
We waited for so long
It's something true
Baby, I want you

[Bridge]
In a world so cold and so wrong
Give us faith and a place to belong
When the sky turns cold and gray
Give us the strength to carry on one more day

All my life I've waited for someone
Somebody just like you
Baby, I want you

George Ivan Morrison - Holy Guardian Angel

George Ivan Morrison shares with us his vision.

Holy Guardian Angel Lyrics

I was born in the midnight
Long before the break of day
Born in the midnight hour
Called the witching hour, they say

Nobody knows the trouble I've seen
Nobody knows my sorrow
Nobody knows the trouble I've seen
Nobody but me

So I pray to my holy guardian angel
Come what may, to my holy guardian angel
So I pray to my holy guardian angel
In the witching hour

Well my restless mind starts to wander
Known it all of my days
Need lifted up by the spiritual
When I begin to think on these things

Nobody knows the trouble I've seen
Nobody knows my sorrow
Nobody knows the trouble I've seen
Nobody but me

So I pray to my holy guardian angel
At the end of the day, to my holy guardian angel
So I pray to my holy guardian angel
In the witching hour
In the witching hour

So I pray to my holy guardian angel
At the end of the day, to my holy guardian angel
So I pray to my holy guardian angel
In the witching hour
The witching hour

Came into this world in the midnight hour
Long before the break of day
Born in the midnight
Called the witching hour, they say

Nobody knows, nobody knows the trouble I've seen
Nobody knows my sorrow
Nobody knows the trouble I've seen
Nobody but me

So I pray to my holy guardian angel
At the end of the day, to my holy guardian angel
So I pray to my holy guardian angel
In the witching hour
In the witching hour

Holy guardian angel
Holy guardian angel
Holy guardian angel
Holy guardian angel
Holy guardian angel
Holy guardian angel
In the witching hour
In the witching hour

Ryan Adams - I Surrender

I feel as if Gor-Lak and Allen would enjoy this video.

I Surrender lyrics

Song by Ryan Adams

I'm superstitious and I lie
I think about someone too much
I wonder if it helps me so much
And I don't hear the words
Your name still hurts to touch

But I know myself too well
I miss you so bad, so bad, so bad, so what?
I know myself too well
I stay inside these rooms
Inside this never-ending hotel

I am a sight for blinded eyes
I joke and cough over the punchlines
No one is here to respond
So I just wait for more noise
From the ceiling fans

But I know myself too well
I miss you so bad, so bad, so bad, so what?
Tough luck kid, right
I know this loneliness, I did this to myself

Tonight I'll try to dream myself away
In an endless ocean without effort I can drain
The battleship's lost in the storm with your name
As I sink and leave the keys into your door

I miss you so bad, so bad, so bad, so what?
I miss you so bad, so bad, so what?
I miss you so bad, so bad, so what?
What do you do with a dream when it gets stuck?

I surrender
I surrender
I surrender
I surrender

I surrender
Mmm, I surrender
Mmm, I surrender
Mmm, I surrender

I surrender
I surrender
I surrender
I surrender
I give up

Ryan Adams - Romeo & Juliet

Romeo & Juliet lyrics

Song by Ryan Adams

Romeo looks down and sees Juliet
Nodding off in the alley with a lit cigarette
Looks like her hair caught on fire for a sec
Streets full of cop cars like somebody wrecked

Juliet looks up and sees Romeo
In her camouflage pants and dirty poncho
Extending her arm, she flips him the bird
Blows him a kiss, and winks as she turns

Then like the sound of thundering clouds on the mountain
Bullets and shells where Juliet fell behind the hotel in the garbage

Romeo's tears fell where he stood
Her body went limp, bricks mixed with her blood
The detective looked up and saw Romeo
He just nodded his head like to tell him to go
Approaching her body with guns drawn, one said
"Stay alert, confirm that the suspect is dead"
When they got close, she said up and said
"Fuck you!", then pulled the pin on the grenades instead

Then like the sound of thundering clouds on the mountain side
Fire's ablaze where Juliet laid behind the hotel in the garbage pile

Since then nobody's seen Romeo
Found the diamond bags empty on a pier by the boats
Put your ear to the wind and you'll hear the sound
Of Puerto Morelos where he settled down

Just like the sound of thundering clouds on the mountain
Bullets and shells where Juliet fell behind the hotel garbage in the garbage

Romeo looks down and sees Juliet
Nodding off in the alley with a lit cigarette
Looks like her hair caught on fire for a sec
Streets full of cop cars like somebody wrecked

Bryan Adams - She Knows Me

We are definitely in the midst of a revolution here.

She Knows Me Lyrics

Winds will come and winds will go
And the seasons always change
But the light that shimmers in her eyes
Stays the same

Yeah, the sun will shine and the moon will glow
And the world will always turn
There's a constant fire inside of her
That always burns

She knows me
Every corner of my soul
She knows me
The way I come, the way I go
She told me
There's nothin' I can show
That she don't know about me

Round and round and round we go
Neither here or neither there
All I know, without her in my life
I'd be nowhere

Well, feelings come and feelings go
But some things never change
Like the light that shimmers in her eyes
It stays the same

Oh, she knows me
When I'm wrong or when I'm right
She knows me
In the middle of the night
She holds me
And I don't say a word
'Cause words could never save me

And I said
Oh whoa, whoa
Whoa, whoa, whoa
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
She knows me, yeah

She's got a permanent hold on my heart yeah
And I'm learning to live with the loneliness
When we're apart

Every little way
She knows me
When there's nothin' left to say

She holds me
And time just flies away
'Cause bein' with her is so easy

Oh, she knows me
Every corner of my soul
She knows me
The way I come, the way I go
She told me
There's nothin' I can show
That she don't know about me

And I said
Oh whoa, whoa
Whoa, whoa, whoa
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
She knows me
Better than I know myself

Yeah yeah yeah
Oh she knows me
Yeah yeah yeah
Oh she knows me
Yeah yeah yeah
Oh she knows me
Yeah yeah yeah

Billy Joel - She's Got A Way

One of the most gorgeous songs . . .

She's Got A Way lyrics

She's got a way about her
I don't know what it is
But I know that I can't live without her
She's got a way of pleasin', mmh
I don't know what it is
But there doesn't have to be a reason
Anyway

She's got a smile that heals me, mmh
I don't know why it is
But I have to laugh when she reveals me
She's got a way of talkin', mmh
I don't know what it is
But it lifts me up when we are walkin'
Anywhere

She comes to me when I'm feelin' down
Inspires me without a sound
She touches me and I get turned around
She's got a way of showin', mmh
How I make her feel
And I find the strength to keep on goin'
She's got a light around her, ooh
And everywhere she goes
A million dreams of love surround her
Everywhere

She comes to me when I'm feelin' down
Inspires me without a sound
She touches me and I get turned around, ooh, oho
She's got a smile that heals me, mmh
I don't know why it is
But I have to laugh when she reveals me
She's got a way about her, mmh
I don't know what it is
But I know that I can't live without her
Anyway, hey

My Very 2017 moment of "Creep"

Haley Reinhart is singing in this clip.

Thom Yorke featuring Radiohead - Creep

This is the Very 2021 remix. AMAZING.

Creep Lyrics

When you were here before
Couldn't look you in the eye

You're just like an angel
Your skin makes me cry
You float like a feather
In a beautiful world

I wish I was special
You're so fuckin' special

But I'm a creep
I'm a weirdo
What the hell am I doin' here?
I don't belong here

I don't care if it hurts
I wanna have control
I want a perfect body
I want a perfect soul
I want you to notice
When I'm not around

So fuckin' special
I wish I was special

But I'm a creep
I'm a weirdo
What the hell am I doin' here?
I don't belong here

She's running out the door (run)
She's running out
She run, run, run, run

Run

Whatever makes you happy
Whatever you want

You're so fuckin' special

I wish I was special

But I'm a creep
I'm a weirdo
What the hell am I doin' here?
I don't belong here
I don't belong here